Sewards Day

Seward's day is to remember the signing of the Alaska purchase treaty on March 30, 1867. William Henry Seward signed it. He was the secretary of the United states. He was once a governor of New York and a United States senator. He was born in Florida, New York. He studied law in college. His wife's name was Frances Miller. In 1850, he said," There is a higher law than the constitution." He continued to argue about this for ten years. He fought to buy Alaska from Russia. He bought it for 7.2 million dollars on March 30, 1867. That is why we celebrate Seward's day on the last Monday in March.

Resource:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward